Christopher was trying his best to come home to us

Sister's heartbreak over pals pier tragedy loss

- NICOLLA DONNELLY

THE heartbroken sister of one of three teenagers who died in a pier tragedy believes her brother was “trying his best” to come home to them. 

Amateur boxers Christopher Stokes, 19, and John Keenan, 16, lost their lives along with 17-year-old pal Wojciech Panek after a car they were in entered the water at around 2.40am Saturday.

The single-vehicle horror happened at Menlo Pier in Galway city.

Gardai and emergency services raced to the scene and removed three men from the River Corrib.

The victims were rushed to University Hospital Galway but John and Polish national Wojciech, understood to have been living in Limerick, died later that morning.

Galway teen Christopher had been in intensive care and fought for his life for a number of hours before he died on Saturday afternoon.